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Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) recently launched its latest research report which examined the quality and diversity of programming and news content of the public broadcaster, South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). The […]...

The SABC is constantly feeding the South African public a steady diet of old programmes and repeats, according to a new study. The results of the study come as the […]...

By Zodidi Mhlana There have been mixed reactions to the announcement that the SABC is launching a 24-hour news channel that will go live next month. William Bird, director of […]...

Wiliam Bird The launch of the Press Freedom Commission’s report on press regulation in South Africa is significant for a number of reasons. It has done away with a waiver […]...

MMA’s Child Protection & Trafficking Programme Head, Melanie Hamman and has followed up her article in Saturday Star (11/02/2012 p.11) with a second article that gives more of an insiders […]...

The South African Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) is holding public hearings this week on the digital terrestrial television (DTT) Draft Regulations. Presentations from the SOS: Support Public Broadcasting […]...

The scene is set in a land far, far away: a happy couple have a beautiful baby girl. The baby girl is kidnapped by a wicked woman, taken from her […]...

It seems obvious that when studying the media, the media needs to be involved and should learn from the results. But there is a real disconnect between the academic and […]...